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title: רָז — secret · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: רָז (lemma:רָז), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 9 times: secret. BDB 1906: n.m. secret. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָז

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«רָז» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **secret** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 9 times · **Key:** lemma:רָז · **BDB:** רָז

### Glosses

the (5); secrets (2); (the) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

secret [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b8_5d6/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. secret [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b8_5d6/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Dn 2:18 secret (𝔗 id., Syriac ܪܳܙ, ܐܪܳܙ, ܪܳܐܙܳܐ; Pers. loan-word; = Phlv. rāž, N Pers. rāz AndrM 83 \*);—abs. ר׳ Dn 4:6, emph. רָזָא 2:18, 19, 27, 30, 47; pl. abs. רָזִין v 28, 47, emph. רָזַיָּא v 29.

### Jastrow 1903

רָז: strength, foundation secret [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b8_5d6/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** (רזז or רוז, cmp. רוֹזֵן) strength, foundation (corresp. to יְסוֹד, סוֹד). Snh. 42ᵃ (ref. to ולרוזנים, Prov. XXXI, 4) העוסקים ברָזוֹ של עולם וכ׳ those engaged in the foundation of the world (administration of justice) must abstain from strong drink. (corresp. to סוֹד) secret. Ib. 94ᵃ (ref. to Is. XXIV, 16) אמר שר העולם … רָזִי לי רזי לי the genius of the world said, Master of the world, do the will of this righteous man (Ezekiel) (make him the Messiah); then a divine voice went forth saying, my secret is mine \&c. (v. Targ. a. Vulgate Is. l. c.). Sabb. 88ᵃ מי גילה לבני רז זה וכ׳ who revealed to my children this secret by which the ministering angels are guided?; a. e.—Pl. רָזִים. Snh. 70ᵇ (ref. to Prov. l. c.) מי שכל רָזֵי עולם גלוים וכ׳ should he to whom all secrets of the world are revealed, drink wine and be drunk?; Tanḥ. Sh’moth 1; Num. R. s. 104. Deut. R. s. 11 גליתי רָזֵיהֶם וכ׳ I revealed their (the angels’) secret to the sons of man; a. e.—\[Y. M. Kat. I, 80ᶜ bot., read as Y. Snh. VI, 23ᵈ bot. בארזים, v. אֲרָזִין.\]

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָז» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b8_5d6/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 2:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.19/)

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אֱדַ֗יִן לְדָנִיֵּ֛אל בְּחֶזְוָ֥א דִֽי־לֵילְיָ֖א רָזָ֣ה גֲלִ֑י אֱדַ֙יִן֙ דָּֽנִיֵּ֔אל בָּרִ֖ךְ לֶאֱלָ֥הּ שְׁמַיָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* then to Daniel in the vision (diy).of the night the secret it.was.revealed then Daniel he.blessed (et).the God of the.heavens

*JPS 1917:* Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

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[Daniel 2:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.29/)

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אַ֣נְתְּהמַלְכָּ֗א רַעְיוֹנָךְ֙ עַל־מִשְׁכְּבָ֣ךְ סְלִ֔קוּ מָ֛ה דִּ֥י לֶהֱוֵ֖א אַחֲרֵ֣י דְנָ֑ה וְגָלֵ֧א רָזַיָּ֛א הוֹדְעָ֖ךְ מָה־דִ֥י לֶהֱוֵֽא׃

*Word for word:* you O king thought\[s\] your on bed your they.came.up what that it.will.be after this and \[one.who\].reveals (the) secrets he has.made.known.to.you what that it.will.be

*JPS 1917:* as for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter; and He that revealeth secrets hath made known to thee what shall come to pass.

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